Fiber keg or barrel.



J. C. HERON & W. J. .CLARK. FIB-ER KEG 0R BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1914.

1,154,699. 7 Y Y PatentedSept. 28, 1915.

WITNESSES INVENTORS JAMES C. HERON AND WILLIAM J. CLARK, OI PITTSBURGH,PENNSYLVANIA.

FIBER KEG on. BARREL.

7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

Application filed September 19, 1914. Serial No. 862,519.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES C. HERON and WILLIAM J. CLARK, residents ofPitts-v rels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fiber receptacles, such as boxes, barrels orkegs, and particularly to a fiber receptacle provided with metal endcaps or heads.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved receptacle inwhich the end caps or heads accurately fit the body so they can befirmly secured thereto, and are not influenced by moisture, which in thecase of wooden heads usually causes them to expand or contract andproduces a poor fit.-

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved package ofthe character described which can be readily assembled without specialtools or appliances and in which the end caps or heads are securely heldto the body, so that the package is not liable to be accidentally.opened by rough handling.

Further objects of the invention are in part obvious and in part willappear more in detail hereinafter.

The invention comprises the package or receptacle hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view in longitudinalsection of a receptacle embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of another form of receptacle; Fig. 3 is asideelevation partly in section, showing still another modification; Figs. 4and '5 are detail views of difierent forms of securing member; Fig. 6 isa sectional perspective view of a modified form of receptacle; Fig. 7 isa plan view of the end cap or head shown in Fig. 6 be fore assemblingthe same in the receptacle; Fig. 8 is a sectional perspective view ofanother form of receptacle.

The invention may be applied to any form of receptacle or package, suchas rectangular or other shaped cartons or boxes for holding smallarticles, or to larger packages, such as barrels or kegsfor holdingsugar, salt, nails or other heavy substances or articles.

In the drawings, the invention has been shown as appliedto a barrel orkeg, which comprises a body 1 and end caps or heads2 secured thereto.The body 1 is formed of paper, paper board, pasteboard or any otherfibrous material, and preferably of a pluralltyof plies 3 which arewound upon each other over a suitable mandrel or drum, bemg secured toeach other by any suitable adhesive, such as glue, sodium silicate, orthe like, to form a tube or cylinder with straightend edges 4.

- The end caps or heads 2 are preferably formed of thin sheet metal,being cutout and pressed to shape in a suitable machine, and preferablyby a single operation.- As

shown, the end caps or heads are cup-shaped,

being provided with a peripheral wall or rim 5, which is a snug fitwithin the end of the cylindrical body 1, said wall or rim at its edgebeing bent outwardly to form a flange 6. This flange is made of suchwidth that when the end cap or head is pushed into place in the end ofthe body it abuts against.

and covers substantially the inner half of the end surface of the body,as shown in Fig. 1. The end cap'or head is secured to the body by a thinsheet metal member 7, which may be made of pliable material not liableto break when bent, such as soft open hearth steel of about 28 gage.Said member is wound between the plies 3 of the body 1, being cut to theproper length and inserted between said plies during the winding of thebody upon the forming drum and forms a hoop for reinforcing the barrelchimes. It is secured permanently in place by suitable adhesive, such assodium silicate or the like, applied between the faces thereof-and thepaper plies. The securing member 7 is so placed within the body that aportion thereof projects from the end of the body, this projectingportion being notched or slitted at intervals to form a plurality oftongues or leaves 8, said tongues being separated from each other eitherby mere slits through the metal, as in Fig. 4, or by wider gaps whichmay, if desired, be of the same width as the tongues, in order to enabletwo of the securing members to be cut simultaneously from a single sheetor strip, asshown in Fig. 5.

head 2 is pushed into the end of the body therein. This can be doneeither by hand which prevents the plies becoming separated" or in asuitable machine, as will be readily understood. To protect the barrelchimes,

that is, the projecting end edge of the paper body 1, the otheralternate tongues or leaves 8- are bent outwardly and downwardly overthe edge of the paper body, as shown at 10,

or mutilated in handling the barrel.

If desired, all of the tongues ofthe securing member may be utilized forholding the end cap or head in place by bending all of said tonguesinwardly over the periphery of the cap, or the, securing member may beleft unslitted, in which case its projecting edge portion is rolled,bent or folded inwardly over the cap orhead, as shown in Fig. 8.

When the securing member is of the form shown in Fig. 5, that is, when agap or space is left between adjacent tongues, the end cap or head maybe provided with a series of tongues 15 which extend outwardly betweenthe tongues ofthe securing member and are bent downwardly over the outersurface of the body of the receptacle and therefore protect the endedges thereof. In this case the tongues of the securing member may allbe bent inwardly over the end cap or head or part thereof may be bentinwardly, as at 16,

. and part outwardly, as at 17, Fig. 6.

The securing member 7 may be a comparatively narrow strip inserted inthe end portion of the body 1, one of said members being used at eachend of the barrel. However, if desired, a continuous sheet 7 extendingfrom end to end of the'barreLmay be interposed between the plies of thebody 1, the end edges of said sheet being notched to form tongues whichare bent'down over the cap and end edge of the body, as beforedescribed. Such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 2, and as will bereadily understood, materially reinforces the barrel and prevents itscollapse either inwardly vor outwardly, so that the package isconsiderably stronger. The securing member may also be formed of asuitable sheet of expanded metal, as shown at 7*, Fig. 3. This sheet isslitted and expanded intermediate its edges to form the open meshes 11,but the slits stop short'of the side edges of the sheet so as to leavetwo continuous 'selvage edges 12 which are slitted transversely of thesheet and longitudinally of the barrel to form the tongues 8, saidtongues being bent inwardly over the end cap or head and outwardly overthe end of the body as before. With this securing member the adhesiveapplied to the plies of the paper on each side of the securmg membercauses them to adhere to each other through the openings or meshes ofthe expanded portion of the sheet, so that the plies of material are notso liable to separate from each other.

1 forms of the package are simple and can be readily assembled by anyone without s ecial tools or implements. Usually one o the end caps orheads'is fully assembled in the barrel at the factory by bending halfofthe tongues 8 inwardly over the end cap or head and the other halfoutwardly over the end edges-of the'body. The other end ca is thenpushed into place and one or two 0 the tongues "8 are bent inwardly overbe .readily removed to empty the package and permitting it to be againinserted and secured by again bending down the securing tongues. Thepackage is simple and entirely does away with the use of nails or otherspecial devices for fastening the end head or cap in place.

What 'we claim is 1. A receptacle, comprising a paper body formed of aplurality of plies wound upon each other, a cup-shaped cap having a rimor wall fitting snugly within the end portion of the paper body andhaving portions bent over and around the end edge of the body and lyingon the outer surface thereof, and a thin sheet metal member extendingcontinuously around the circumference of the body and held between thepaper plies and projecting from the end of the body, said member havingportions bent inwardly over the rim or wall of the end cap or head.

2. A receptacle, comprising a paper body formed of a plurality of plieswound upon each other, a thin sheet metal end cap or head therefor, anda thin sheet metal member wound'between the plies of the body and havingportions bent'inwardly over the peripheral portions of the end cap orhead, the outer edge of said end cap or head having a series of tonguesbent outwardly over and embracing the end edgeof the body.

3. A receptacle, comprising a paper body formed of a plurality of plieswound upon each other, a thin sheet metal end cap or head therefor, anda thin sheet metal reinforcing member wound between the plies of thebody, the periphery of said end cap or head being provided with a seriesof circumferentially spaced tongues bent over and In testimony whereof,we have hereunto around the end edge of the body and interset our hands.vening portions abutting the end edge of the JAMES C. HERON. body, saidreinforcing member having a se- WILLIAM J. CLARK.

5 ries of circumferentially spaced tongues Witnesses:

- bent inwardly over said intermediate por- 1 ELBERT L. HYDE,

tions of the end cap or head. I EMMA M. HALLER.

